On the dactylic pentasyllable or adonic verse, see below.
Amphibrachs.—Of a single foot are these verses of Espronceda:
Suspìra
La lìra
Que hirió
En blàndo
Concènto, etc.
But Bello objects to considering these short lines as individual verses.
Twelve-syllabled (dodecasyllabic) amphibrachs were xxxvii formerly of much use and were called versos de arte mayor; e.g., Mena:
El cònde y | los sùyos | tomàron | la tièrra